Yankees v Mets - Exhibition : 1989

April 2, 1989 Flushing, NY - Shea Stadium

The April 1 game was played at Yankee Stadium

 The Mayor's Trophy Game, a label given to an annual in-season exhibition game in New York City, was originally played between the New York Yankees and New York Giants, was first played in 1946. The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951. The series was discontinued after the Dodgers and Giants moved west following the 1957 season

The formation of the New York Mets in 1962, allowed for the game to resume in 1963 until 1983

1989 the Yankees and Mets met for a 2-game exhibition pre-season game. this was not part of the Mayor's Trophy series, held previous years. The /advent of interleave play diminished the need for an annual game to be resumed

1957 - 12th National Athletic Meet - Japan

1957-October - 静岡国体 (Shizuoka Kokutai)

The National Sports Festival of Japan

Originally called the Meiji Shrine Tournament, 1924-1943, held in area of Kanto commencing in the outer gardens of the Meiji Shrine

1946 the tournament was re-established as the National Sport Festival or National Athletic Meet, the national premier sporting event held in Japan

additional pictorial postmarks for Sumo Wrestling and Tennis

1984 - 50th Anniversary of Japanese Professional Baseball

1984 Japan - 50th Anniversary of Professional Baseball  1915

Se-tenant pair featuring Eli Sawamura  (沢村 栄治) 1917-1944 - right-handed pitcher Yomiuri Giants (1936-1943) and Masaru Kageura (景浦 將)1915-1945 outfielder, infielder, right-handed pitcher - Hanshin/Osaka Tigers (1936-1938, 1943) : both inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Single issue for Matsutaro Shoriki (正力 松太郎)1885-1969 Japanese media mogul and politician, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun. Known as the father of Japanese professional baseball. Hw organized the an All-Star team in 1934 that meet an American All-Star team. Shoriki became the Nippon Professional Baseball's unofficial first commissioner in 1949. Inducted in the 1959 inaugural class of the Japanese Baseball Gall of Fame. The Matsutaro Shoriki Award is presented annually to the person who contributes the most to Japanese baseball

baseball is my life

1984-November-15

Baltimore Orioles

Apr 29, 1988 Chicago, Ill

Orioles end 21-game losing streak

Oct 5, 1991 Baltimore, Md

Farewell to Memorial Stadium
signed by Gregg Olson

The Orioles Advocates' Charitable Foundation, Inc
limited to an edition of 10,000 worldwide

The Baltimore Orioles originated as one of the eight charter members of the American League in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1902 the franchise moved to St Louis taking the nickname Browns. After 52 year in St Louis, the franchise was sold and moved to Baltimore Maryland. The new team would take on the name Orioles in honor of the official state bird of Maryland.

Prior to this there had been other major and minor league clubs using the Baltimore Orioles name, including the team that moved north in 1903, that would eventually become the New York Yankees

September 12, 1931 - Baltimore Baseball and Exhibition Co

MiLB - International League

1966

1968

1982

1978 - 33rd National Athletic Meet - Japan

October 14, 1978

 

SF Giants - Dave Dravecky Day - 1991

October 5, 1991 San Francisco, Ca - Candlestick Park

LA Dodgers  0-4  SF Giants

SFG RBI : Matt Williams 2

SFG Pitching : Trevor Wilson (complete game)

LAD Pitching : Mike Morgan (L - 7 innings)

SF Giants celebrate Dave Draecky Day in recognition of his determination to come back from a diagnosis of Desmond cancer, in his pitching are. 1988 Dravecky underwent surgery to remove half of the deltoid muscle. He was advised to wait until 1990 to attempt pitching again. Dravecky would no wait and returned to pitch for the Giants on august 10, 1989. He pitched 8-innings to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3

European Championships : 1975

The 1975 European Baseball Championship was held in Spain

Italy were the Champions, with the Netherlands finishing as runner-up

Hall of Fame - 1973 Clemente, Spahn, Irvin, Evans, Kelly, Welch

 

August 6, 1973 Cooperstown, NY

The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected : Warren Spahn (1942-1965 Boston-Milwaukee Braves, NY Mets, SF Giants). The BBWAA waived the waiting period for selection to the Hall to allow Roberto Clemente (1955-1972 Pittsburgh Pirates) to be inducted immediately following his death during a humanitarian mission

The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires and early major league players and selected : umpire Billy Evans, George Kelly (1915-1932 NY giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers) and Mickey Welch (1880-1892 Troy Trojans, NY Giants)

The Negro Leagues Committee met in person and selected : Monte Irvin (1938-1956 Newark Eagles, NY Giants, Chicago Cubs)

Hall of Fame Induction day postmarked envelope used to collect autographs

Dave McDonald (NY Yankees 1969, Montreal Expos 1971)

June 12, 1989 Cooperstown NY - 50th Anniversary

Monte Irin commemorative

Warren Spahn stamp card from WoodsyCustomCards on etsy

Local Post - Birmingham, Alabama - 1989

April 3, 1989 Birmingham, Alabama

150th Anniversary of Baseball

BT local Post - Easdale, Scotland

BT Local Post Easdale, Scotland

Sports issue

Easdale is on the Slate Islands in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. It is the smallest of the Inner Hebrides inhabited islands

Toronto Blue Jays - 1995 Spring Training - Opening Day

April 3, 1995 Dunedin, Fla

April 26, 1995 Toronto, Ont, Canada

signed by Galen Cisco (1961-1969 Boston Red Sox, New York met, Kansas City Royals)

Following his playing career Galen Cisco joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987 as a pitching coach until the end of the 1995 season

Found several envelopes with dual Dunedin and Toronto postmarks, all signed by various ballplayers at Heritage Auctions. Intrigued by the meaning behind these covers I looked further.

Dunedin is the home of the Toronto Blue Jays minor league team the Dunedin Blue jays as well as the spring training site for the Toronto team.

Spring training started with replacement players as the Major League players were on strike. After an agreement settled on April 2. This pushed the start of "official" spring training to April 3 with the regular season starting on April 26

April 26 - The Toronto Blue Jays opened the 1995 when they hosted the Oakland Athletics at the Skydome

I can therfore determine that this collector had attended spring training in Dunedin, obtained postmarks and autographs, and then had the Toronto postmark applied on opening day 

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